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Mar 07, 2020

APC govs plot to oust Oshiomhole before 2023 primaries

In a fresh twist to the crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, governors elected on the platform of the party are insisting that the embattled National...

Mar 07, 2020

Woman sentenced to three years for strangulating son to death

A Kano High court sitting at Audu Bako secretariat on Friday sentenced one Saude Yahya of Utai quarters in Wudil local government to three years in jail, for st...

Mar 07, 2020

My friend told me to use what I had to get what I needed – Woman allegedly used by pastors for fake miracles •'I made N58,000 from the deal'

A 44-year-old woman, Mrs Bose Olasukanmi, whose right arm was used by various pastors to perform fake miracles as both parties claimed that it was twisted from...

Mar 06, 2020

Fed Govt gets 5,000 doses of anti-malaria drugs •Emzor promises 3,000 more

The Federal Government’s fight against malaria received a boost at the weekend when it received 5,000 doses of anti-malaria regiment – Maldox – from Emzor Phar...

Mar 06, 2020

We moved N200m with police escort from Fayose’s home, says witness

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday heard that former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose allegedly invited a bank to move N200 million cash from his home...

Mar 06, 2020

Omoluwa: Exit of the rock behind Nigerian Golf

The nation woke up to a rude shock on the morning of Tuesday, February 18 when what started as a mild malaria fever casually snapped the life out of chairman of...

Mar 06, 2020

APC tackles Diri over N2.9bn loan for vehicles

The All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State has condemned moves by Governor Douye Diri to secure N2.9bn loan to buy official vehicles. The state House of...

Mar 06, 2020

South-East govs’ll soon unveil security outfit, Umahi tells Osinbajo

The Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, on Thursday told Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo that governors of the z...

Mar 06, 2020

49 corpers to repeat service in Ekiti, Kaduna, Ebonyi, others

Forty-nine Batch A corps members of the National Youth Service Corps will repeat their service year in Gombe, Kaduna, Ebonyi, Sokoto and Ekiti states following...

Mar 06, 2020

FAO gets 17m euros from Germany to combat locusts

The Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu has welcomed a 17 million euros contribution from Germany to provide assistance to those affe...

Mar 06, 2020

They are after me because of 2023, says Oshiomhole

Federal High court: maintain status quo Party chair goes to Appeal Court Fayemi, Buhari meet at Villa Those behind the plot to remove me from office are thos...

Mar 06, 2020

Obasanjo: Coronavirus almost spoilt my birthday fun

Multi-lateral agencies and nations across the world as well as eminent personalities, states and agencies of government in Nigeria continue to speak against the...

Mar 06, 2020

Kwara APC crisis deepens

The crisis has now assumed a frightening dimension with the factions hauling invectives at each other. The pro-Lai Mohammed group, led by Bolarinwa, has fron...

Mar 06, 2020

APC exco crisis: Confusion as Kano high court upturns Oshiomhole’s suspension

Embattled party chair blames minister, Obaseki, other govs Plaintiffs dismiss Kano order, say ex-Edo gov remained suspended There was confusion on Thursday...

Mar 05, 2020

N-power beneficiaries to receive Jan., Feb. stipends from Friday-FG

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, said that the federal government had resolved the hi...

Mar 05, 2020

Ex-governor Okorocha snubs Imo panel

Former Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha on Thursday snubbed the Judicial Commission of Inquiry Into Contracts Awarded in Imo State between June 2011- May –...

Mar 05, 2020

BREAKING: Court sets aside ruling suspending Oshiomhole as APC chairman

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday set aside a ruling of the FCT High Court suspending the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC...

Mar 05, 2020

JUST IN: Buhari approves appointment of Mensem as Acting Appeal Court President

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice Dongban Mensem as Acting President of the Court of Appeal. Justice Mensem would be steppin...

Mar 05, 2020

BREAKING: Uproar as Senate approves Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request

The Senate on Wednesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22,798,446,773.00 external loan request. Buhari had requested for the loan to fund critical in...

Mar 05, 2020

18 Corps Members to repeat service in Ebonyi for abscondment

18 members of the National Youth Service Corps, 2019 Batch A serving in Ebonyi State have been handed various degrees of punishment for flouting the rules and r...